posted at 2:41 pm on August 18, 2014 by Noah Rothman

Further cementing the increasingly prevalent impression that the Palestinian Authority is much more responsible than are the Hamas militants in control of Gaza, the terrorist group was implicated on Monday in a plan to mount attacks on Israeli civilians and to orchestrate a coup in the West Bank with the aim of toppling Mahmoud Abbas’s government.

The plot, planned by a Hamas wing headquartered in Turkey, centered on executing a series of mass casualty terror attacks in Israel and destabilizing the West Bank which would facilitate a military coup, The Jerusalem Post reported on Monday.

The Hamas infrastructure relied on support from cells in neighboring Jordan, and on couriers who delivered terrorist finances, totaling at least two million shekels, which were used to purchase weapons and homes that were used as hideouts, according to the investigation.

Ninety three Hamas members are in Israeli custody, and the Shin Bet has questioned 46 so far. Security forces plan to indict some 70 suspects. The investigation began in May, and is ongoing, security sources said.

A Hamas leader in Turkey directed the terrorist cells, which received approximately $600,000 from sources in Jordan to buy homes to hide terrorists and to purchase weapons.

Hamas set up in 46 cities and villages in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem to incite a resurgence of the intifada with terrorist attacks whose targets included the Temple Mount.
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Police, soldiers and security personnel uncovered more than $175,000 during the arrests and found 24 rifles, six revolvers, seven rocket launchers and huge amounts of rifle cartridges and bullets.

Now, with a Hamas plan to topple a moderate Palestinian government uncovered, Israel has the moral authority to contend that Hamas – not the Palestinian people – are the source of tension in the region; a narrative which will undermine the insistence from some in the West that Israel is solely responsible for fostering tensions in the region.

That is, if any on the left in Europe and the United States care to acknowledge this narrative-crippling development.

The exposure of this plot also highlights why Hamas in Gaza has lost the support of nearly every Arab government.

Your only basis for this statement is an NYT article?

And what exactly is an “Arab government”? Is there something inherent in the DNA of someone who is ethnically Arab that determines their governmental structure?

Hamas – not the Palestinian people – are the source of tension in the region

Who are these “Palestinian people” that you speak of Noah? These supposedly peace-loving (you assure us) “Palestinian people…”?

No one in the history of the world ever called themselves a “Palestinian” until the 1960s. It is a completely fabricated identity, invented to try to convince the world that there is somehow an oppressed (supposedly by Israel) minority in that region.

Noah, you are, at best, a failure as a human being. At worst, you are on the Saudi payroll, you miserable traitor.

When does the left start claiming that it was wrong for Israel to release this information about Hamas since it had nothing to do with Israel’s incursion in Gaza?/ (Well that tactic seems to have worked for the progressives in Ferguson Mo. about the store robbery video. Why not give it a shot about everything.)

Now, with a Hamas plan to topple a moderate Palestinian government uncovered

Which moderate Palestinian government would that be? Moral equivalencies do not exist, you are basically comparing two evils. One may be a little more adept than the other, but both are evil, and brutal, desiring nothing less than murdering Jews, Christians, and any other infidel that crosses their path.

So its fair to say that Hamas and the Fatah Party do not get along – FINALLY, being – you know – Fatah leaders have been denouncing Hamas for a few weeks now, engaged in Cease Fire talks with Egypt – and have that whole ugly “since 2006” Hamas election going on. Add in the Muslim Brotherhoods ties to Hamas, against Egypt (geeee… it makes double sense now)…

My point is – even Pro Israel groups didn’t see what was crystal clear and are guilty of playing to that horrid narrative “all Palestinians are the same”

Oh – and John Kerry continues to look like a moron for his “out of the box” attempts to engage non players in this debacle.

I’ll suggest one further step – get humanitarian relief to those in Gaza, via controlled ports with oversee by the UN , Egypt and any Arab nation – and get them to the West Bank. Of course, Hamas would just start killing everyone – or at least try – but its tougher when the “other” side of the Arab World is pissed at you, and there are no more allies.